title: Pins and Rubbers Traction System.
abstract: The Pins and Rubbers Traction System (PRTS) is a mobile frame created with wires to support elastic traction, which produces a ligamentotaxis effect in the same direction and of the same intensity whatever the position of the joint. This technique has been used in 11 cases of complex PIP joint fractures with eight excellent results. The advantages are simplicity, adaptability, the possibility of immediate mobilization, reasonable cost and relatively small bulk.
authors.affiliation: Hand Surgery and Burns Unit, CHU de Grenoble, France.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: de Soras
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: de Mourgues
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Guinard
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Moutet
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001864:Bone Wires; D016267:External Fixators; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005596:Fractures, Closed / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014143:Traction / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016896:Treatment Outcome